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S. R. CARSON. HAY RAGK. No. 468,190. Patented Peb. 2, 1892.

Y llNiTnD STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. CARSON, OF PORT DEPOSIT, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO V. RANDOLPHCARSON, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,190, dated February2, 1892.

Application filed April 1, 1891. Serial No. 387,236. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. CARSON, a cltizen of the United States,residing'at Port Deposit, in the county of Cecil and State of Maryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined \Vagon-Bed and Hay-Carrier; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined wagon-beds and haycarriers or racks, and has for its object the provision of asimply-constructed and reliableinterchangeable device of this sort whichshall possess all the requirements for containing and safelytransporting large loads of hay or straw in a loose condition or inbundles or sheaves, as well as being capable of being quickly andreadily turned into a wagon-bed for general hauling and with higherorlower sides, as may be desired.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts foraccomplishing these objects, as set forth in the following de-- taildescription, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider the best means forcarrying my invention into practice.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the combined bed and hay-carrier equipped tocarry a load of loose hay or straw or bundles loaded upon it.

' Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a cross-section of the same, taken alongside of the transverselimbs of the racks. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aplan view of the bed with the rack removed and the ladders turned down.Fig. 6 is a transverse section of Fig. 5. Fig. '7 is a plan view of thebed with the racks and ladders removed. Fig. 8 is a rear end elevationof Fig. 10. Fig. 9 is a front end elevation of Fig. 10. Fig. 10 is aside elevation of the bed equipped with auxiliary side-boards to raisethe side walls of the bed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A A are the permanent sides of the bed. E is the permanent bottomthereof, and B are transverse bottom stays or supports extend- 5 5 ingpast the sides of the bed, andDare braces set between said sides andsaid supports B. The number and relative positions of the parts B may bevaried as desired, they being old and well-known devices.

Upon the sides A, I may provide staples or ways '1, whose function willbe presently explained. I may also provide suitable endboards, as shownat V, Fig. 7. As thus constructed, either with or without the addition 65 of the staples or ways and endboards, the bed is in condition for usein hauling such loads as baled hay, &c., where shallow sides are allthat is needed. For hauling such loads a binding-rope passed over thetop of the load is often used, as well as upon loose hay and straw, andto tighten such rope I provide a roller P at one or both ends of thebed, preferably at the rear, and the rope after passing over the load isbrought down and attached to the roller in such manner as to be woundthereupon and tightened on the load when the roller is turned.

To turn the roll a series of oircumferentiallydisposed openings 12 aremade in the roller and can be engaged by the wagon-hammer or othersuitable lever for turning the roller. hen

it is desired to increase the height of the side in order to enlarge thecarrying capacity of the bed for loading with filled bags or loosematerial-such as wood, coal, lime, sand, &c.I employ auxiliaryside-boards Q, provided with standards R, which extend below said boardsand are inserted in the staples T. In such case I may use a tie-rod orrod M for holding the boards Q against lateral distention. Thesetie-rods are also utilized as pivots for the ladders in the hay-carrierby running them through the sides A, as will presently appear.

\Vhen the device is to be used as a hay-can rier, the side-boards Q, maybe omitted and 5 racks F and F employed. These racks are formed oftransverse inclined arms G and longitudinal strips or boards 11, securedupon the outer ends of the arms G. The arms G of the two racks are soplaced as that an arm of each rack shall lie beside an arm of theoppositerack and are pivoted at the points where they cross each otheron removable pins, as shown at g, and the lnner ends of the arms G arecarried down and engaged in mortises a, which ing-bar g couples theentire series of arms on that rack, While those on the opposite rack arecoupled in pairs by means of bars 9 and lie between the arms of rack F,as seen in the plan View, Fig. 1. low the point where the rack-armscross each other and serve to lock the racks together while in use, thebar 9 extends under the arms G of rack F, and the bars 9 lie between thearms of rack F, and the weight of the load res-ts upon both bars g and 9These bars g. and g brace the arms G laterall and prevent the weight ofthe load from spreading them and tearing and destroying the mortises inthe sides of the bed.

K and L are respectively front and rear ladders used with thehay-carrier. They are pivoted in the sides A by passing the tie-rods Mthrough them and are supported in standing position by means of thestops 7c and l, which may be attached in the front ladder to the sides,A and extend across the path of the ladder, or, as in the rear ladder,maybe in the form of a bar of greater length than the width of theladder to extend out on both The bars g and g he be.- i

sides thereof. and be secured thereto to meet the, sides A when theladder L is in proper upright position. The manner of stopping orsupporting the frontladder at proper position may be the same as thatemployed at the rear. The bars or stops is Z do not interfere with theladders being dropped into the bed when not in use.

The tightening-roller P maybe used with the hay-carrier either with orwithout the usual pole. On one of said rackssay rackF--the connect- Whenthe tie-rods are removed from the ladders. and the pivot-s from theinclined arms of the hay-racks, these parts can be separated from thebed and from each other and removed by one man with ease.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-:

In a device of the kind described, the combination of a bed havingmortises a in the side-boards, racks F and F, pivoted together andhaving arms. G extending into. and across thebed and resting upon theside-boardsthereof on one side. and engaged with the mortises a on theopposite side, and a. continuous bar 9, secured to the arms of one rack,and bars 9 secured to the arms of the other rack below the point wheresaid arms cross each other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL R. CARSON. Witnesses:

J onn SQUIER, W. H. CARSON.

